US 11,833,012 B2
Absorbent article with waist gasketing element and leg cuffs
Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, South Lebanon, OH (US); Abhishek Prakash Surushe, Schwalbach am Taunus (DE); Zachary Aaron Freije, Milford, OH (US); Cornelia Beate Martynus, Nidderau-Ostheim (DE); Donald Carroll Roe, West Chester, OH (US); Andrew James Sauer, Cincinnati, OH (US); Christopher Erin Kiger, Union Township, OH (US); and Aaron Duane Seitz, Batavia Township, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/712,545.
Application 17/712,545 is a continuation of application No. 16/543,984, filed on Aug. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,504,283.
Application 16/543,984 is a continuation of application No. 15/074,382, filed on Mar. 18, 2016, granted, now 10,537,481, issued on Jan. 21, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/134,993, filed on Mar. 18, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257432 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/495 (2006.01); A61F 13/494 (2006.01); A61F 13/551 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/49011 (2013.01) [A61F 13/495 (2013.01); A61F 13/4942 (2013.01); A61F 13/49466 (2013.01); A61F 13/55105 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49092 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A disposable absorbent article for wearing about the lower torso of a wearer, the disposable absorbent article comprising: a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions; a first waist edge and a second waist edge; and a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge, the disposable absorbent article comprising:
a topsheet;
a backsheet;
an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet;
a leg gasketing system; and
a waist gasketing element;
wherein the leg gasketing system comprises a web of material forming an inner cuff and a portion of an outer cuff;
wherein the inner cuff comprises an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff comprises an outer cuff material edge; such that the web of material is folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge;
wherein at least a portion of the web of material between the outer cuff material edge and the inner cuff folded edge is attached to the backsheet in the first waist region, the second waist region and the crotch region; and at least a portion of the web of material between the inner cuff folded edge and the outer cuff material edge is attached to the topsheet in the crotch region and the first waist region;
wherein the outer cuff comprises an elastics adhesive and at least one longitudinally oriented elastic member, the elastics adhesive and the at least one elastic member disposed between the web of material between the outer cuff material edge and the inner cuff folded edge and the backsheet;
wherein in at least a portion of the second waist region the outer cuff is free of elastics adhesive and elastic members, thus forming a leg gasketing system pocket between the web of material between the outer cuff material edge and the inner cuff folded edge and the backsheet;
wherein the waist gasketing element has an inboard lateral edge, an outboard lateral edge, and two longitudinal edges; the waist gasketing element comprising at least one elastic material;
wherein the waist gasketing element is attached to: 1) the chassis of the disposable absorbent article and 2) the leg gasketing system, such that at least a portion of the outboard lateral edge of the waist gasketing element is attached to the chassis and at least a portion of the outboard lateral edge of the waist gasketing element is attached to the web of material forming the leg gasketing system;
wherein at least a portion of the inboard lateral edge of the waist gasketing element is attached to the leg gasketing system; and
wherein the inboard lateral edge of the waist gasketing element is unattached to the chassis of the disposable absorbent article.